This Is How We Do It: Executing Contracts and Invoicing

Ari M August 24, 2010 Posts, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Story

One of the last bastions of being free from a desktop computer was the ability to give clients proposals, execute those proposals and other contracts, and then invoice those clients from anywhere in the world. Using a few iphone apps I am now able to do all of these things right from my phone.

Ingredients

I’ve accomplished this task with three wonderful iphone apps. Genius Scan, Invoice2Go, and Zosh work in conjunction to streamline the whole process. It all starts with Genius Scan, which basically turns your iphone into a scanner. You hold it over a document and snap a picture and it will correct for the angle and the color to give you a near perfect scan of a paper document (say for instance, a contract). Then you simply forward the file to mydocs@zosh.com and when you open that app the doc is there ready to be edited. Zosh will let you work with documents, pdfs and images and you can add text and even put an original signature on the file. I have several boiler plate documents with blanks in it that I keep in Zosh so that I can edit and send proposals to clients. Finally, when it’s time to bill your client and get paid Invoice2Go makes it so simple. It pulls the clients info from your contacts, you add the items and how much, and then send it by email. The best part is that you can set it to automatically bcc 1month@followup.cc so that you never again have to worry about keeping track of your unpaid invoices.

Difficulty

Couldn’t be easier to setup and use and the treo of apps costs less than $10.

Putting It All Together

Zosh to edit and sign documents
Invoice2Go to send and track invoices
Genius Scan to scan documents

About The Author

Ari M

In 2006, I was diagnosed with Crohn's disease. Crohn's is an incurable disease of the digestive tract. My case was severe, and required over a dozen daily medications and several hospital visits. After reaching a personal low point in hospital, I decided he would do everything in my power to strengthen my by then weak body. Through a combination of yoga, nutrition, natural supplements and rigorous exercise (Ironman and Crossfit) i was able to fight back the symptoms of Crohn's until I was finally able to suspend my medication. Eventually I was declared free of all traces of the 'incurable' disease, and competed in Ironman France in June of 2011. I has since spoken at seminars and at a regional TED Talk about my struggle against a seemingly insurmountable opponent. Through the process of data collection, self tracking, and analysis, I helped develop Less Doing. This was a way of dealing with the daily stresses of life by optimizing, automating, and outsourcing all of my tasks in life and business. Now I focus on Achievement Architecture, helping individuals be more effective at everything.